 Italian first edition cover | |
| Author | Andrea Camilleri |
|---|---|
| Original title | Il ladro di merendine |
| Translator | Stephen Sartarelli |
| Language | Italian/Sicilian |
| Series | Inspector Salvo Montalbano, #3 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Sellerio (ITA) Viking (US) Macmillan/Picador (UK) |
Publication date | 16 December 1996 |
| Publication place | Italy, Sicily |
Published in English | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 247 pp 352 pp (Eng. trans.) |
| ISBN | 0-330-49291-8 (Eng. trans.) |
| OCLC | 59278658 |
| Preceded by | The Terracotta Dog |
| Followed by | The Voice of the Violin |
The Snack Thief (Italian: Il ladro di merendine) is a 1996 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2003 by Stephen Sartarelli.
It is the third novel of the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series.